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Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Announced

HeadlineOct 05, 2018

In Oslo, Norway, officials with the Nobel Peace Prize committee have named this year’s recipients.

Berit Reiss-Andersen: “The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2018 to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.”

Dr. Denis Mukwege founded the Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1999. The clinic receives thousands of women each year, many of them requiring surgery as a result of sexual violence. Nadia Murad is a 25-year-old Yazidi Kurdish human rights activist from Iraq. She was kidnapped by the Islamic State and repeatedly raped as she was held as a sex slave for almost three months. After headlines, we’ll speak with Eve Ensler, who has worked extensively with Dr. Mukwege.

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